Today, Auquan announced launch of Risk Agent, the first and only AI agent that autonomously completes entire risk monitoring and reporting workflows to provide comprehensive early warning detection of emerging risks in portfolios. Unlike other AI tools that merely assist analysts, Auquan's AI agents independently execute workflows end-to-end, from data gathering through structured reporting, freeing professionals to focus on high-value work. 40% of top 50 global financial services firms trust Auquan's AI agents to transform how their investment and credit teams work by eliminating manual effort.
Non-Financial Risks (NFRs) – including operational, regulatory, reputational, and governance risks – have become increasingly critical for investment performance yet remain notoriously difficult to monitor effectively and consistently. These risks are complex, diverse, and often qualitative in nature, making them challenging to track with traditional methods. Investment teams must contend with decentralized risk information, a lack of standardized metrics, and limited historical data while operating in an ever-evolving regulatory landscape.
Every day, talented investment professionals spend countless hours manually tracking developments across their portfolio companies, often missing early warning signals hidden in local, foreign-language, or specialized sources until risks materialize as front-page news. Auquan’s Risk Agent changes this by autonomously monitoring hundreds of portfolio companies across millions of global data sources - providing teams with enhanced risk visibility and situation awareness that catches faint signals of emerging problems before they escalate into major issues – while eliminating manual effort that typically comprises 80% or more of their time.
"Auquan is peripheral vision for a firm manager. You want to see the things that don't attract a lot of attention. But they're out there," said Dr. Paul Jourdan, CEO of Amati Global Investors. "Rarely does something come out of nowhere and just land on the front page. There is a trail, and it just might be very faint, and it might just be out there on the periphery, and you need to have a system that highlights it. That's what Auquan's about."
Designed with deep finance domain expertise built in, Auquan's Risk Agent autonomously monitors public and private company portfolios for early warning signals across a comprehensive range of risk factors, while also supporting evaluation of potential portfolio additions. It helps investment and credit teams address the core challenges of risk management by standardizing risk tracking, quantifying qualitative information, aggregating across multiple sources, and providing clear risk prioritization – all while continuously adapting to the evolving regulatory landscape.
"At Auquan, our mission is to liberate financial professionals from soul-sapping manual tasks and bring meaning back to their work," said Chandini Jain, CEO of Auquan. "With our Risk Agent, we're empowering teams to escape the endless cycle of data gathering and monitoring so they can focus on analyzing risks and taking decisive action before problems escalate."
Among the risks Auquan's Risk Agent covers include:
- Operational risks: Supply chain disruptions, production issues, facility closures
- Regulatory and compliance risks: Investigations, lawsuits, changing regulatory requirements
- Reputational and social risks: Community protests, consumer activism, media controversies
- Governance issues: Board composition, executive changes, compensation practices
- Environmental and sustainability risks: Climate impact, resource usage, pollution events
- Geopolitical and market risks: Local unrest, trade tensions, competitive developments
Auquan processes information on any private and public company worldwide, with new company coverage added on demand within one hour. This unmatched coverage continuously draws from more than two million data sources originating in more than 65 languages, including:
- Corporate filings and disclosures
- Regulatory documents and legal filings
- News and media coverage (global, local, and industry-specific)
- NGO reports and research
- Industry analyses and reports
- Specialized subscription datasets
This announcement builds on the company's proven track record of helping teams transform complex, knowledge-intensive workflows. Since its launch in late 2023, the company's agentic AI platform has saved customers collectively more than 50,000 hours of manual work, empowering professionals across private equity, private credit, asset management, and other institutional investment firms to focus on fulfilling and high-impact work.
Auquan's customers realize immediate value through turnkey solutions while supporting custom implementations for unique research and reporting requirements. Teams begin saving hours of manual work within the first days of deployment. Auquan's Agent is available immediately through direct purchase or via the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
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Professionals in private markets and asset management firms use Auquan's AI agents to automate research and monitoring for deal sourcing, borrow screens and due diligence, risk monitoring, sustainability, and compliance workflows.
Using advanced AI techniques, Auquan generates material insights on any company or issuer worldwide — public or private — instantaneously, tailored for your workflow.
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